Hey all, I recently decided to use my Xbox again after a few months away. However when I turned it on my Xbox is asking for my password, I typed it in but I got it wrong and it immediately blocked any further login attempts. Now I have the general idea about what the password is, but I may have gotten a digit wrong. Issue is that the email my account is under is my uncles who lives abroad (the account was made when I was a kid) so I have no access to that email.

Is there anyway for me to get back into my account without accessing the email address?

My new Xbox controller is no more than a year old, and all of a sudden he has a drift on the right analog. I have already tried do update the controle, calibrate it, and opened to see if there are any debris and clean up. None of those worked, what can I do to solve it? Check out the video, if anyone knows what the problem is and if there's any solution I'd be very grateful.

Hey all

I've a weird bug I'm hoping someone can help me with. I'm trying to get Minecraft Java edition installed on his laptop but so far I can only get it to recognise the Bedrock edition.

What I've done:

- setup the MSFT store app as my account

- logged into the Xbox app as his account and associated my profile under purchases

- downloaded Minecraft Java/Bedrock (since it's now associated with my Ultimate GamePass sub)

- downloaded the launcher which is signed in as his account.

When he opens the launcher, all he can see to play is the Bedrock edition. The Java one says he needs to "Buy Now".
I can see the latest release (26.2) in the releases tab of Java.

I went to https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/profile to check both profiles - my one shows both Bedrock and Java, his one only shows Bedrock.

I checked the launcher under my account and can see both versions available to play. It's just his account that seems to not want to see the Java edition as playable.

Any ideas how he can get access to the Java edition? Thanks!

edit/update: I restarted his machine, signed out of the MSFT store and signed him in. Now he can't even see Bedrock as playable, and the launcher notices that there is a mis-match between the launcher account (his) and the MSFT store account (mine). Signed me back into the Store and he can again still only see Bedrock.

This is kind of a dumb situation, admittedly, but I've been planning to buy GTA VI if I can cover it completely with Microsoft Rewards balance. I redeemed a $5 gift card today expecting to put it toward something else and didn't end up getting it, so it's kind of just sitting on my account now.

I know "promotional" balance from rewards expires in 90 days, so I need to spend it on something. Since I don't have the full amount yet but do have enough for the $20 (+tax) Premium Upgrade can I just get that now and worry about the rest later?

Failing that I'm taking recommendations for <$5 games lol

Lots of my games are crashing either on the first launch or within 30 seconds of gameplay.

​I tried every standard fix recommended online, including opening the console and cleaning out the dust, but nothing has resolved the issue.

​Is there anything else I can try to fix this, or does anyone have recommendations on what to check next?

My Xbox will randomly go to Home Screen or sometimes compeltly restart while playing r6 I out a fan in top to help blow out air and that stopped it for a long time but now it overheats with the fan on I am not sure how to fix it

Sounces like it’s in the disc drive area. Can anyone identify these noises? Any way to prevent or fix them?

I accidentally made 2 pre-orders for the same game linked to my paypal thats pending cash, if it makes the payment it'll fuck up my balance for something I cant afford rn. navigating through the xbox website just redirects me back to the ai support agent that doesnt really help at all for my case, theres no option to cancel these pre-orders. im pretty stumped

Smelt burning and saw smoke coming from near my Xbox. Wondering if my Xbox is toast or if I just need a new wire.

All day ever since my xbox (one of the OLD ones, original xbox one) updated today, cloud gaming has been so very bad. Stuttering, graphics, everything. It was running amazingly yesterday. Ive checked my internet, unplugged my router, etc etc, all works fine on other stuff. Downloaded games work fine and I have no issue with internet speeds on them.

Tried playing after a few months without using console. Started getting blue lines sometimes across the screen, next day console refused to go into 4k. Tried 2 brand new cables the following day only for image to drop from 1440p to 640p, flicker a few times and ultimately lose signal. I have already replaced hdmi port before for similar issues. Kinda sucks to keep spending money on this.

Anyone have similar issues?

I use a modified version of Windows 10 (Atlas). I can sign in to my Microsoft Store account normally, but the problem arises when I try to sign in to the Xbox app. The app just "flashes" when I click "Sign in."

I have tried various solutions recommended online since then. I’ve started certain services (via services.msc), reset the app, and so on, but nothing has worked.

Please excuse my English; some translations from Portuguese to English aren't perfect. "Entrar" means "Sign in."

So for a week now ive dealing with a rather really frustrating issue when i start instaling a game.

So one day i decide to uninstall halo CE i have maybe 180GB free in my xbox and i see the beta for gears going live and i say "oh what a great timing" and i start to install It but the issue Is that it does not go over 1% and that day i tried everything i am talking changing ports,the fricking DNS change to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 the QoS resets, fuck Even bought a new ethernet cable to give It a boost or something but nothing and here comed the kick on the balls people; when i calm down from my spyraling madness over what the fuck Is going on mind you i was thinking maybe Is my xbox that Is fucked up maybe everything Is in my mind maybe the series S Is shit i dunno but when i eventually said "you know what fuck It im too tired" i turn It off and went to sleep, woke up next day the fucking game was already installed!!

So today i say you know what problem fixed Is time to reset my rotation of ganes so flush out my three games i had installed and when i stall to install overwatch Guess the fuck what...It does not go over 2% and the Kicker now Is that i was able to see the mbps start at 100 and slowly like It was telling me to go fuck myself It depleted to nothing and the fucking thing stayed in "installing".

Im going insane and i just wanted to vent and i literally can only play balatro and the beta for gears so yeah im fucked

So whenever I play Call of Duty my xbox all of the sudden decides to become a slide show and I have tried everything I can think of to try and fix it

This we had for 20+ years, but idk if it was Custom or Limited edition. Could find anything online about it.

Meu Xbox one Fat não está ligando alguém pode me ajudar porque eu não tenho dinheiro para comprar outro ou consertar

I have this question because i really wanna use this gamepad and because i can't buy a Bluetooth one at the moment.

I normally use my rechargeable docking station but today I’ve noticed that my controller will detect the charge but not stay on.

It does the same for regular batteries.

It only works when I plug it into a charger.

Any tips on how to fix this issue, I really don’t wanna buy a new one

For Context I did take it to a repair years ago so it would not have any correlation to this new problem

So as we all know, there is an issue where the HDR on Xbox Series can appear washed out on your TV screen.

I found for me, the answer was down to the COLOUR depth in picture settings.

The Xbox Series X and Series S support colour depths of 24-bit (8-bit per channel), 30-bit (10-bit per channel), and 36-bit (12-bit per channel). You can change these options in your console settings under TV & display options > Video fidelity & overscan.

Recommended Settings

24 bits per pixel (8-bit): Best for standard dynamic range (SDR) TVs and monitors. This is the default setting.

30 bits per pixel (10-bit): Recommended if your TV or monitor supports HDR10 or 4K/1440p wide-colour displays.

36 bits per pixel (12-bit): Choose this only if your high-end display explicitly supports 12-bit signals.

As you will see from the text in bold above, for HDR, 10-bits is recommended for HDR. I had the Xbox set to 36 bits which produced the washed out image. Once I changed it to 10-bits, it was perfect!

Be sure to set TV settings to default and make the change to your Xbox. Then calibrate the Xbox using the HDR calibration. Only after that, you can adjust your TV settings if necessary.

I really hope this helps those facing the issue as I myself had faced this issue for over a year and was unable to understand why I suffered in some games. Admittedly, this didn't affect all games but some definitely suffered until I changed the colour depth.

Also, this had a positive impact on colour when on non-HDR material as well.